TRIPOLI. Asteras Tripolis overcomes OFI with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Costa (19′) and a goal from M. Gardawski (44′). OFI lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis stadium in Tripoli on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Papapetrou with the help of Panagiotis Sakkas and Vasilis Stamos. The 4th official was Lambros Diamantis. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25.7 degrees Celsius or 78.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

OFI had a superior ball possession 58% while Asteras Tripolis was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

OFI was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 0 were on target. Nonetheless, Asteras Tripolis was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Asteras Tripolis shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, OFI shot 11 times, 0 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Asteras Tripolis received 1 yellow card (E. Zukanovic). Talking about the opposition, OFI received 1 yellow card (M. Mellado).

Standings

After this match, Asteras Tripolis will have 7 points like Panaitolikos to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, OFI will stay with 4 points like PAS Giannina to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Asteras Tripolis will play away against Panathinaikos on the 9th of October with a 14-6 head to head record in favor of Panathinaikos (17 draws).

OFI will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 9th of October with a 22-2 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).

Asteras Tripolis – Formation

Asteras Tripolis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Iraklis Metaxas decided to play with the following team: Nikolaos Papadopoulos (7.3), Rubén García (7.2), Pepe Castaño (7.0), Ervin Zukanović (7.4), Federico Álvarez (6.2), Juan Domínguez (6.9), Walter Iglesias (7.1), Michael Gardawski (8.1), Léo Tilica (7.8), Julián Bartolo (8.1) and Jerónimo Barrales (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Antonis Tsiftsis, Pichu Atienza, José Luis Valiente (6.2), Caleb Stanko (6.8), Facundo Bertoglio (6.2), Giorgos Prountzos, Francesc Regis (6.4), Asier Benito and Adrián Riera.

Substitutions

Asteras Tripolis made 5 changes: J. Dominguez for C. Stanko (46′), M. Gardawski for Xesc (65′), J. Bartolo for F. Bertoglio (74′), M. Iglesias for J. Valiente (75′) and F. Bertoglio for A. Riera (87′).

Best player: Michael Gardawski​

The most impressive player for Asteras Tripolis was Michael Gardawski.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

OFI – Formation

OFI started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Nikolaos Nioplias played with: Sonny Stevens (6.2), Eric Larsson (6.1), Apostolos Diamantis (7.1), Praxitelis Vouros (6.4), Konstantinos Balogiannis (6.3), Luis Perea (6.7), Miguel Mellado (6.3), Assane Dioussé (6.7), Nouha Dicko (7.0), Miguel Ángel Guerrero (7.1) and Fiorin Durmishaj (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Christos Mandas, Nikolaos Marinakis, Samuel Yohou, Gudmundur Thórarinsson (6.8), Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Jon Toral (6.6), Paschalis Staikos (7.0), Thievy Bifouma (6.8) and Giannis Bouzoukis (6.4).

Substitutions

OFI made 5 changes: M. Mellado for J. Toral (46′), F. Durmishaj for T. Bifouma (46′), N. Dicko for G. Bouzoukis (57′), A. Diousse for P. Staikos (62′) and K. Balogiannis for G. Thorarinsson (73′).

Best player: Miguel Ángel Guerrero​

The player that probably impressed the most for OFI was Miguel Ángel Guerrero.

His rating is (7.1) with 21 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Olympiakos Piraeus – Atromitos – 2-0
• PAOK – Panathinaikos – 1-2
• Volos NFC – Aris – 2-0
• Asteras Tripolis – OFI – 2-0